Spice Shelf: Episode 3
Posted 1 July 2020
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It’s been a wonderful project-build thus far, so much to learn. In this episode, Paul focuses on developing tiny mortise and tenons for the guard rails and then shaping them too. Paul also develops the backboards and applies one of his favourite finishes to bring the whole piece to the quality-completion Paul looks for.
BOOKMARKS:
RETAINER BAR – 00:07
ASSEMBLY – 13:09
Just a small comment on your methods, Paul & co.: Your little ‘asides’ which at one point you casually dismiss as “tricks of the trade,” are pure gold for me, Paul, and are 95% of why I watch, and study, all you all’s videos. Case in point: the power of your knife wall technique was only driven home to me after I adopted it, from relying on my pencil for marking out, discovering that, sure enough, it was MUCH more accurate than the pencil lines, even though I’d gone to the trouble of acquiring the finest pencil (a mechanical .05 mm lead) that I could acquire. That, on top of what I’d already known, but had been mis-trained in following, for years, that for true accuracy one should build parts based on the other parts, should do me in good stead when I am able to build this project for real (currently don’t have a shop to work in, but I have faith that I will in the near future). Thank you, thank you thank you, for passing on the ‘tricks of the trade’, from all of us who were not so lucky as to have anyone knowledgeable and willing to pass such ‘tricks’ on to us poor, unwashed ‘heathens’, out struggling in the ignorant wilderness. Will concentrate on acquiring, for real, most of your tricks, in spite of my decades of mis-training in American cabinet shops.
I think this is the first piece of ‘flat pack’ furniture I’ve seen you make! 🙂 Very attractive, lovely to see no glue lathered on poor joints…
Is Paul still favoring the no 4 plane or is he now using the 4 1/2?
Very beautiful work as usual Paul…thanks for sharing…
Thanks Paul. Very nice project,as usual.👍
Since I am unable to purchase Meranti locally, what would a substitute be in the USA?
Meranti is in the Shorea family, also sold as Philippine mahogany or Luan. Anything in the near mahoganies will work.
Santos mahogany, swamp mahogany, Utile, Sapele, Bosse, etc. The closer you get to true mahogany the more you will pay.
https://www.wood-database.com/wp-content/uploads/mahogany-families.pdf
Or just go for a domestic hardwood, Cherry or alder would look nice.